Commands for getting information about the system and user activity

Below you will find linux commands for getting information about the system and user activity

Commands for getting information about the system and user activity

date – display the current date and time

cal – display the calendar for the current month

uptime – show the time since the last OS boot.

w – information about users who have registered in the system

users - a list of the names of users logged in to the system.

last is the list of users logged in according to the data from the special file /var/log/wtmp. The name, terminal, login time, IP address, etc.

last-ad – information about users logged in, with the name of the computer from which the login was performed displayed in the last column.

last –F - display the user login time, session duration, and logout time.

last –x - display information about shutdowns, reboots, and system startup level changes.

last root - display information about the root user's sessions.

last -n 10 user1 - display information about the last ten sessions of the user user1.

lastlog - display a list of all users and the time of their last login.

whoami is the name under which you are currently working in the system.

finger user – show information about user

uname -a – display all information about the system.

uname -vr – display the operating system release number and kernel version.

df – display information about disk usage.

du – display information about the use of the current directory

free – information about the use of real and virtual memory.

whatis app - Display brief information about the app from the documentation database.

whereis app – where the executable app module is located

which app – which executable module of the app application will be launched by default.

man command – display the reference information for the command command